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City Leaders in Steubenville, Ohio have decided to change their official logo after the Freedom From Religion Foundation threatened to sue because the emblem included a silhouette of a cross atop the Franciscan University chapel.

Law Director Gary Repella announced the city’s decision after a closed door meeting – deciding to change the logo because they could not afford a potential lawsuit. The city reverted to a previous logo that did not include the offending items.

“I researched current case law and found a lot of case laws that do not allow religious symbols in government symbols,” Repella said in comments reported by the Herald-Star.

But officials at Franciscan University of Steubenville told Fox News the chapel and cross were included in the logo because the school is one of the top employers in the area and one of the most recognized entities in the city.

The new logo of the fort is offensive to Native Americans. Even those that are 1/32nd Native.

Jim1904

So much for a spine.

ErikW

We don’t call it Stupidville for nothing.

Boomerette

Why does everybody always cave in to the whiners, instead of telling them to go f*** themselves?

Xavier

This is right across the river – I drive by it all the time. At least the University had the guts to be completely removed from the logo instead of just letting them erase the Cross like they wanted to.

Nanna

So let the athiest religion win huh. They over ride Christianity any time they yell, and their religion of nothing is dominant in our government any more!!

That is putting one religion above another!!

The Original

So a minority gets to make demands on the majority in Steubenville. Good to know.

gastorgrab

“Radical Atheist”

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This description does not provide the motive. They are being assholes because of their left-leaning compulsion, not because of their Atheism.

The scientific method doesn’t give a damn about these things.

And if you worship government, YOU ARE NOT really an ‘Atheist’, anyway!

http://www.savageleft.com Red Dawn

Oh the left has gods – the people and dictates of the state. Primitive ones, but “gods” nonetheless.

whthfk

You always have a home as long as your not one of those damn Christians.. Nice Ohio.

No hope for you morons..

Rocketman

God can’t be happy about this spinelessness.

gastorgrab

Compare these two statements:

– “There is no compulsion in Islam.” (but we will chop your head off if you refuse)

– “There is no compulsion in Liberalism.” (but we will tax you if you refuse.)

You can almost guarantee the flag will be missing from their next logo!

The people should be so proud!

fubar

threat of a lawsuit is enough, because most, especially liberal -controlled, are broke.

fubar

*Cities

liberal controlled cities ^

PatriotWarMonger

Cowards.

RoadKill

And all the Christians and all the conservative patriots will just read about this, shake their heads and mumble or cluck their tongues.

Does anyone WONDER how the United Kingdom ended up losing their culture to ‘multiculturalism’? England, although ruled by Kings and a Parliament, had a culture founded upon Christianity. First the followers of Christianity became weak in their understanding of their faith, then their leadership became weak…and now the symbols of their culture are being destroyed along with the culture itself.

Decades it has taken, but it happened in England and is happening here in America as well – right now!

fubar

@Roadkill

you are right. the time to sit idly by is long past.

we must DO something.

gastorgrab

Pure Atheism cannot exist on the left. Socialism is a politico-religious cult that seeks to spread it’s message “by any means necessary”, and it does not provide the intellectual framework to sustain truly objective mind-set.

‘Truly Objective’ is an unobtainable ideal what’s first act should be to cast off all forms of SUBjective motivation. There is no ‘Good or Evil’ in objectivity, but a “greater good”, a ‘collective good’, is the driving force in Socialism.

Objectivity has no motive.

Mad Dog

The city’s next logo will just say “Allahu Ackbar.”

Old Salt

No problem with the two 5-pointed stars, yet. Pentagrams, or five-pointed stars, are the symbol of the Bahá’í Faith. (Satanists use a pentagram with two points up.) Maybe stars will be next their list of things to erase from our culture.

derfel cadarn

As an atheist myself I find this to be such foolishness. In lieu of all the serious problems facing America the time and energies used here should be expended on much better causes. How did this icon hurt anyone? We are like children squabbling over triffles while diaster looms over our heads. ALL sides in this BS need to grow up!

Hay Yawl ..

“What the city the will look like after the election”

The Original

This was all predicted over 2000 years ago. You can read about it in Revelation.

domanii

Stop caving in to these weirdo’s. Who cares if they’re pissed off or it offends them. THEY offend me. The only reason they do this is because they can. Because stupid, spineless people allow them too.
How can someone be offended by something they don’t believe in? Aren’t these the same people who scream out “oh God” that hurts? Or “oh God” that was good, etc????

Kat

I don’t think God is very happy about this.

Krystal

I am not getting this yet again – there is a right to religious expression by ALL in this country – so a cross should be protected under that right. There is no separation of religious expression in state or political life. They should not have removed that cross. One should find out who is funding the atheists, and expose them to sunlight. Stop giving in! fight it. It is not promoting a religion by the state, it is an expression of religious freedom. Enough!

Spurwing Plover

I would like to see the HQ of FREEDOM FROM RELEGION get hit by lightning and heavely damaged

Xavier

Shorebird I believe you meant, “Heavenly Damaged” did you not?

just-saying

Explains the black flag of mourning.
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tdrag

Maybe it’s time for Christians to issue a Fatwa on the ACLU. Seriously, the American Revolution started in the pulpits of New England churches, those pastors recognized that we should not be following earthly kings and had the backbone to speak up.

Stand Up, Chuck!

The atheists appear to be the true “bitter clingers”.

And they happen to have the $$$ to spread their bitterness through the court system.

45-70

City Leaders in Steubenville, Ohio you are Spineless.

TKRC

this is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better.

there will come a day when representatives of the government – OUR government! – will knock on our doors and demand that we explain to them why we are not “conforming” to government-mandated groupthink.

buy guns.
buy ammo.
practice like your life depends on it because one day it may.

Spurwing Plover

Satan a card carrying member of FREEDOM FROM RELEGION,ACLU, and SPLC

Axel

Law suits being used as a weapon pisses me off.

@TKRC….and buy food and water.

GRIZZ

Christians folding because of the intimidation of being sued.

…..spit.

Marc Johnson

By some Sharpies and draw some new crosses. Add some Islamic symbols in order to keep them all happy.

http://juniperinthedesert.blogspot.com juniper

New picture: black flag of the fascist Black bloc/anarchists??

45-70

TKRC says:
July 26, 2012 at 11:57 am
this is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better.
there will come a day when representatives of the government – OUR government! – will knock on our doors and demand that we explain to them why we are not “conforming” to government-mandated groupthink.
buy guns.
buy ammo.
practice like your life depends on it because one day it may.
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In 100 percent agreement

RickyD

Why doesn’t the city just follow how Dear Leader and Holder decide what laws to enforce? And just choose not to enforce the the removal of the cross! Why do we have to play by the rules?

Sheila

Notice how they took the patriot off too? I guess they didn’t want to offend anyone who thinks we just got where we are overnight and no one died for Freedom. The same freedom these fools are trying to take away from us. And we as fools are letting them.